Musing

today’s Musing written and published from south Calgary, near Fish Creek Park

walk report: -6C/21F, overcast, lots of fresh scent at the soccer fields kept Gusta occupied until she spied a frisky pup a block away – each of them straining up on hind legs stretching their leash to maximum tension, still more snow/ice than turf, the balance shifting

PB and I saw Vantage Point last night - action, repetition, action, repetition, car chase scene, repetition – too many undeveloped stories and unexplored characters thrust together in a cash production movie - reservoir of ideas run dry, too much content, not enough technique; I came away not really knowing any of the characters well at all, the plot never explained (perhaps the plot was to get my cash and park me in a seat based on slick marketing and a big name cast)

any scene on screen or off, same old recipe every day, or on a walk or at work, on top of the world or under the gun, in good times and in bad weather – balance shifting alternate views, new vantage points, refresh pleasures, squeeze dull out of routine, add spice and a new rub because reacting to a disruption in our equilibrium gets our attention, brings us up to account to the person we see in the mirror – made better if hugged by someone friendly – neglected issues come back with a vengeance, neglect prevention is its own reward

on its own, thinking is over-rated, but thinking while doing something worthy gets the entire mind-body rig equipped, powerful and drilling for the pay zone, gets the balance shifting - technique applied to a cause, fresh ideas introduced to understanding offer deeper meaning, not content with sensation alone . . drilling deeper; dried prairie landscape, a place where water wells and oil wells dry up, their reservoirs drained of life – but imagine rejuvenation, stimulating flow and pressure and extraction again, long after wind dried, long after rusting machinery ground arthritically to a halt

machinery of mind and body creak too – like implements left too long in the yard, they need more than fresh paint and pumping to give them life - stimulating conversation brings flesh and bone, muscle and tendon back to life, a derailed train of thought placed back on its tracks can haul the load home - action, repetition, action, repetition - balance shifts

Mark Kolke
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